Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data affected by vulnerability in Java

Security Bulletin

Summary

IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data contains a vulnerable version of Java.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2021-2163
DESCRIPTION: An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Libraries component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/200292 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
Watson Discovery	4.0.0-4.5.1

Remediation/Fixes

Upgrade to IBM Watson Discovery 4.5.3

https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

Get Notified about Future Security Bulletins

Subscribe to My Notifications to be notified of important product support alerts like this.

References

Complete CVSS v3 Guide
On-line Calculator v3

Off

Change History

09 Sep 2022: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

Review the IBM security bulletin disclaimer and definitions regarding your responsibilities for assessing potential impact of security vulnerabilities to your environment.

Document Location

Worldwide

[{"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud \u0026 Data Platform"},"Product":{"code":"SSCLA6","label":"Watson Discovery"},"Component":"","Platform":[{"code":"PF040","label":"RedHat OpenShift"}],"Version":"4.0.0-4.5.1","Edition":""}]

Tips

Security Bulletin: IBM Watson Discovery for IBM Cloud Pak for Data affected by vulnerability in Java